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Monday, May 13, 2013

Well, perhaps I should explain that Sonnet hasn't commited a deadly sin. LOL. She's the author of Deadly Sin. Sonnet was born at the John Radcliffe in Oxford and spent
the first six years of her life living in the town of Abingdon close to both
her grandparents and most of the rest of her family.

She moved after that to Cornwall for three years and then
to Devon for another three before moving to where she has lived for the last
fourteen or so years.

Sonnet now lives in Worcester, Worcestershire, famous for
Lea & Perrin’s Sauce and as the site for the last battle of the Civil War.Sonnet
has had a passion for the written word from a very young age and enjoys nothing
more than to read a good book. The worlds created by words.

Welcome to the blog, Sonnet.

Thank you very much.

So you live in Worcester in England. How has your environment affected
your writing?

I can say it’s affected my
writing quite a lot. When I was trying to write as a teen I would often get
told that the story wasn’t believable because you could tell I didn’t know the
places I was writing about. I was told: "write what you know". This philosophy is
what let me to base my series here, in places I know, go to or see all the
time.

Good advice.

How many books have you written?

In May my tenth book comes out, but it’s actually the sixth
in my series – The Cassandra Farbanks Novels. Deadly Sin continues to follow
Cassandra as she learns where her powers come from, to what extent they go and
more about who her family are.

How much of yourself is hidden in the characters in the
book?

I don’t know how much of me is in them but there has to be a
little bit of me in all of them. You can govern certain situations, especially
with main characters, by how you would react or apply the opposite. I like to
think some of them have me sense of humour.

Do you travel to do research or for inspiration? Can you
share some special places with us?

I recently went to Venice during Carnivale in order to do
research for one of the Cassandra books. I needed to know what places looked
like, felt like, smelt like. How I felt contemplating architecture, food and
the people. I want people to feel like they are there when I write about it
later.

Where do you store ideas for later use: in your head, in a
notebook, or on a spreadsheet?

I have a ring binder folder, I tend to write my ideas out of
whatever scrap of paper happens to be lying around. I put them into this folder
to keep them safe encase I ever get time to pursue them further. I also use the
memo app on my phone.

Can you tell us your future writing goals/projects?

I’m in the middle of writing book seven in the Cassandra
series, I have a couple of romance novella’s on the go and I’m working on a
horror that I hope to finish soon so I can submit it to my publisher to get on
the schedule just after Halloween.

About Me

I wrote the Logan Hunter Mystery series: Genesis Beach, Just North of Luck, Hell Swamp, Sin Creek and Sticking Point. Slightly Cracked is my first women's fiction and I also authored unique cookbook, Killer Recipes. I'm currently working on an historical fiction, titled Sprig of Broom. My Web site is www.susanwhitfieldonline.com
KILLER RECIPES, features recipes from mystery writers across the country. Profits for this book are donated to cancer research.
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